The Benefits of the use of induction virtual communities in supporting new students in distance education universities

  1. Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua, Ángeles
  2. González Brignardello, Marcela Paz
  3. Santamaría Lancho, Miguel
Actas:
Proceedings of the 23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education including the 2009 EADTU Annual Conference,

Año de publicación: 2009

Tipo: Aportación congreso

Resumen

The present paper aims to show evidence about the benefits of the use of induction virtual communities to support new students’ integration and adaptation to a distance education university. The Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED)